Advances in QTL mapping in pigs

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Rothschild, Max F ^a   Hu, Zhi Liang ^a   Jiang, Zhihua ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Genome sequence; Pig; QTL; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 33847033221     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.192     Document Type: Review

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